The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy, a senior official has said. "The projects will add 716 MW to our state electricity grid....

14 Sep 2009The Kolkata-based Tea Board has initiated methods to reduce manufacturing cost and thereby increase productivity to ensure that key segments of the business like processing remain profitable even in a down-turn.The need to focus on productivity improvement was stressed at the 116th annual conference of the United Planters’...

ET SsLar, a Nanjing-based integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic ("PV") products (ingot, wafer, modules and tracking systems) and system integrator announced a 1 MW high efficiency module supply transaction to a large system integrator for an Indian project. The project, developed by a commercial and utility solar project developer in India,...

The Indian government is all set to launch a venture fund to encourage green technology research.The size of the fund and other specifics will be determined by the National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC).The government has decided to link all academic institutions that work on climate change....

Cameco Corporation, the world’s second-largest producer of uranium after Rio Tinto, is setting up shop in India.The Canadian firm — the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company which accounted for 15 per cent of global production last year — plans to open a marketing office in Hyderabad on October 1.Both...

Representing a challenge for Indian industry as global warming threats rises, three Indian firms have figured in Global Cleantech 100 – the first ever list highlighting the most promising private firms around the world offering solutions to some of the planet's most pressing environmental challenges.Significantly, an overwhelming percentage – over...

Solar Semiconductor, a Hyderabad-based photovoltaic (PV) modules manufacturer, plans to raise $30 million by the end of this year. The company will preferably go for private equity and venture capital to raise the proposed amount, informed a top company executive. The money will be deployed mostly in acquiring firms in...

Days after being awarded a 10 MW PV solar plant in the State Of Gujarat, Zebasolar Private Limited India has obtained a approval from CREDA, the Chattisgarh Renewable Energy Agency, to build a 36 MW thin-film PV manufacturing plant in the capital city of Raipur. Zebasolar intends to build the...

India recently signed a civil nuclear agreement with Mongolia for the supply of uranium. The agreement for peaceful uses of radioactive minerals and nuclear energy with Mongolia makes that country the sixth nation after the U.S., Russia, France, Kazakhstan, and Namibia to sign the civil nuclear pact with India after...

The additional photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility of BHEL in Bangalore will enable BHEL to handle larger (156x156-mm) and thinner (200-mm) solar-grade mono / multi-crystalline silicon wafers.With this BHEL has enhanced the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Module manufacturing facility at its Electronics Division, Bangalore, from 3 MW to 8 MW per annum.The...